October 13, 2014

After scrapping the Central Library Plan earlier this spring—a plan which would have cost over 500 million dollars and met with major public protest—library officials including Mary Lee Kennedy, the… Read more »

Libraries & librarians

University of Iowa president makes badly-timed joke, librarian calls him out — Chad Felix
Tolstoy’s great-great-granddaughter organizes four-day marathon reading of War and Peace — Ena Brdjanovic
French Booksellers Association releases reading list meant to shed light on Paris attacks — Kait Howard
Uproar over publication of Haruki Murakami's high school library records — Liam O'Brien

Muckraking author crowdfunds fight against police, in latest chapter of bonkers New Zealand political scandal

Liam O'Brien

Nicky Hager is a New Zealand author and investigative journalist. The New Zealand Herald reported last week that Hager’s house was raided by the police, who seized his papers and… Read more »

Colin Firth will edit your manuscript now

Sal Robinson

Though Hollywood regularly makes movies about writers, with regularly dicey results, it rarely turns its gaze to editors. Which is fair enough: since most movies about writers could safely be… Read more »

Charity brings books to the homeless in Portland

Nick Davies

A nonprofit group in Portland, Oregon has taken it upon itself to bring literature to the homeless, Kirk Johnson writes for the New York Times. Street Books, founded in 2011… Read more »

Boston introduces new “literary district”

Jonah Simonak

Boston may not have New York’s bookish reputation, but the city’s literary history is undeniable. Over the years, the city has housed such notable writers and thinkers as Louisa May… Read more »

Melville House Books

New York Public Library officials signal that the new master plan will be revealed next spring

Claire Kelley